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TIL 1 inch of rain equals approximately 12 inches of snow
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TIL that there was a 15mi long island that was charted on maps since 1774, only to discover in 2012 that it never existed in the first place.
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TIL cream soda is vanilla flavoured.
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TIL Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park, believed that his professor at Harvard was giving him unfair grades. To prove it, he turned in a paper from George Orwell. He received a B-.
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TIL That there was a pigment used in early days of wall paper called Sheele's Green. If it got moldy or damp it would release the arsenic in the air. It is speculated that this is the cause of Napoleons death as green was his favorite color and his walls were lined in green wallpaper.
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TIL that Vincent van Gogh’s last words were, “The sadness will last forever.”